. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/EEC/366 
10 December 2009  
 (09-6405) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission. Health & Consumers Directorate-General 
Directorate D – Animal Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Crude and refined sunflower seed oil,  falling within originating in or 
consigned from Ukraine (CN Codes 1512 11 91 or TARIC Code 1512 19 90 10) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  EU member States, Ukraine and other countries 
exporting these products to the European Union.  
5. Title of the notified document:  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1151/2009 of 
27 November 2009 imposing special conditions governing the import of sunflower oil 
originating in or consigned from Ukraine due to contamination risks by mineral oil and 
repealing Decision 2008/433/EC  Language:  All EU languages  Number of pages:  4  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUr iServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:313:0036:0039:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:313:0036:0039:FR:PDF   
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/L exUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:313:0036:0039:ES:PDF  
or http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_4326_00_e.pdf
 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/EEC/09_4326_00_f.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/EEC/09_4326_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  It concerns an amendment to an existing safeguard measure.  
Given the results of the controls on imported sunflower oil originating in or consigned from 
Ukraine demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the control and certification system put 
in place by the Ukrainian authorities, the system atic checks on import of sunflower seed oil 
originating in and consigned from Ukraine ar e no longer appropriate.  This Regulation 
therefore replaces the requirement of systematic testing at import by a random testing at 
import.  The level of 50 mg/kg mineral oil is on ly applicable in the c ontext of this specific 
contamination incident. G/SPS/N/EEC/366 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  27 November 2009 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  18 December 2009 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Si xty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  sps@ec.europa.eu 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   sps@ec.europa.eu